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Laozi Quotes - Page 43

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{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world.

{The cleansing of spiritual contamination} is accomplished by offering one's talent, resources, and life to the world.

Life, Spiritual, Offering

Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.

Fall, Practice, Action

"The Tao Te Ching by Laozi: ancient wisdom for modern times" by Damien Walter, www.theguardian.com. December 27, 2013.

If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.

Letting Go, Jobs, Work

Those who know others are intelligent Those who know themselves have insight. Those who master others have force Those who master themselves have strength.Those who know what is enough are wealthy. Those who persevere have direction. Those who maintain their position endure. And those who die and yet do not perish, live on.

Intelligent, Persevere, Enough

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Kindness, Thinking

Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.

Accomplishment, Starting, Bigs

Laozi, D. C. Lau (1989). “Tao Te Ching”, p.93, Chinese University Press

That which shrinks must first expand.

Firsts, Shrinks

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

The brittle is easy to shatter.

Taoism, Easy

Pounding an edge to sharpness will not make it last.

Taoism, Lasts, Sharpness

Racing through the field and hunting make the mind wild.

Hunting, Racing, Mind

I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.

People, Taoism, Desire

Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear.

Taoism, Thieves, Disappear

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

Two, Three, Miscellaneous

He who holds balance...has attained the highest post in the world.

Balance, World, Posts

It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret.

Children, Simple, Secret

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.

Strength, Self Confidence, Knowing

Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

Do nothing, and leave nothing undone. ["Doing nothing" is what happens when the doer disappears, it isn't something that one does or chooses not to do.]

Spiritual, Doe, Doing Nothing

The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.

Leadership, People, Rulers

If you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you; It is said of a good leader that When the work is done, the aim fulfilled, The people will say, "We did this ourselves."

Leadership, People, Honor

Can you make your soul embrace the One and not lose it?

Soul, Taoism, Embrace

The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.

Taoism, Example, Sage

What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea.

Sea, Rivers, Taoism

He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act.

Taoism, Sage, Want

Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts.

Sight, Taoism, Sage

Who can wait in stillness while the mud settles?

Waiting, Taoism, Mud

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